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The game is played normally, but at the end of the game (before the scoring) the players may score bonus points as follows:

The Biggest Area

Before dismantling the board, each player identifies the biggest area of their color. (Marbles placed diagonally are not considered connected).

The player who has the largest area of connected marbles scores bonus points equivalent to the difference between the number of marbles in the two players' largest areas.

Red zone: 12 marbles.

Black zone: 17 marbles.

17 -12= 5 bonus points. …

Q: I'm broke! What should I do?

A: Take debt, and purchase buildings that generate income.

Q: If a building produces some income, plus more from a Worker slot, do I get the normal income if I don't put a worker on the worker slot?

A: Yes. For example, you still get the 2 Silver from your Homestead, even if you don't use either of its Worker slots.

Q: When can I use Trade chits?

A: Any time at all. This includes Final scoring, and while you are trying to pay for an Auction or building, or if you want to hire a Worker during Worker Allocation and use him that turn. …

Setup

• Each player takes a ship's hold board, a ship and a matching set of action cards, which are shuffled and placed facedown above the holds. Ships are placed on the Port Royale space on the board.

• Randomly select 9 of the 12 treasure cards, shuffle them and place them facedown on the space to the right of the navigation box. The remaining 3 cards go back in the game box unseen.

• Place the combat die on the fortress and the 9 treasure tokens on the 9 pirate lair spaces on the board. Sort the resources (food, gunpower and doubloons) by type by the side of the board to form the bank. …

After pulling out a block, choose someone else to answer the questio

1. Solo Play

Play alone for practice! Can you top your record height before the tower falls?

• Carefully remove one block from any level. Use a steady hand to stack It on top.

• Continue to remove and stack blocks to build the tower taller... and shakier.

• How tall is too tall? Find out when the tower falls!

2. Jenga Chips

Components

• A set of Jenga.
• A set of poker ships.

Game Play

All normal rules apply with the following additions: Everyone starts with a chip. …

Tips for Blokus Classic

• At the beginning of the game, move towards the center of the board in order to take up a maximum amount of space.

  If you remain confined to the corner you start in, you will not be able to put down many pieces.

• Try to place the largest pieces on the board at the beginning of the game. If you save them for the end of the game, there may not be space for them.

  Keep an eye on the corners of your pieces-make sure you have options for your next move. …

The exciting game of three-dimensional strategy!

Components

The game consists of the following parts:

• rotating turntable with 100 squares.
• 44 Blokus pieces in 4 colors.
• 4 masks Each of the 11 pieces in a given color has a different shape.

Object of the Game

Place your pieces so you have the most visible on top of the stack

Setup

1. Each player chooses a set of 11 pieces, all the same color.

2. Place the turntable on a flat surface.

3. Choose one of 4 masks corresponding to the structure A, B, C, or D (see fig. 5) and put it on the rotating turntable. …

The Campaign Sheet

The Campaign Sheet is a two-sided document which players use during the campaign to keep track of game development and record important information.

One side is used to record the campaign itself. It displays a map of Arcadia on the left, with white spaces over each scenario so that players can write down the order in which they were played.

On the right, a more detailed list allows players to record what happened during each scenario, indicating which Guild earned each Achievement (who collected the most coins, whose Heroes died the least, etc). …

Game Components

• a board of 400 squares
• 84 pieces in four different colors (21 pieces per color).

  Each of the 21 pieces for a color is of a different shape.
  There are: 1 piece of only one square, 1 piece of two squares, 2 pieces of three squares, 5 pieces of four squares, and 12 pieces of five squares.

Object of the game

Each player has to fit as many of his/her 21 pieces on the board as possible.

Game Play

Each player chooses a color and places that set of 21 pieces in front of his/her side of the board. The order of play is as follows: blue, yellow, red, green. …

Setup

To start the game, each player draws ten White Cards.

Game Play

One randomly chosen player begins as the Card Czar and plays a Black Card. The Card Czar reads the question or fill-in-the-blank phrase on the Black Card out loud.

Everyone else answers the question or fills in the blank by passing one White Card, face down, to the Card Czar.

The Card Czar shuffles all of the answers and shares each card combination with the group. For full effect, the Card Czar should usually re-read the Black Card before presenting each answer. …

Q1. What if someone forgot to turn the wheel, or turn it incorrectly?

You can use the start marker to check if someone has turned the wheel incorrectly.

Everyone should have their start markers next to the same number; simply turn all incorrect wheel accordingly. The time marker will not be moved during the game. Only turn the wheel.

Q2. Clandestine Trading is so hard! How should I price my offer?

The best reference is your own trading record. If your offers keep getting bought back by other players, then your price is too low. If you always get to buy what you want, then you probably offered too much money. …